Seasonal growth and reproductive ecology of two threatened aquatic macrophytes, Blyxa aubertii and B. echinosperma (Hydrocharitaceae), in irrigation ponds of south-western Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 249-256

  Jiang, Meiyi ^a,b   Kadono, Yasuro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SYSMEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Autogamy; Conservation; Reproductive allocation; Size variation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; AUTOGAMY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

JAPAN;

BLYXA AUBERTII; BLYXA ECHINOSPERMA; HYDROCHARITACEAE;

EID: 0035384649     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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